novelraw Chapter 648: Various Hypotheses
Chapter 648: Various Hypotheses
Hearing what Xiao You said, Ji You was very happy.
During this time, Ji You had purchased Candy Beans and Cloud Mist Tea from Teacher Mu. And since Ji You’s Spiritual Level had already reached B, the Candy Beans and Cloud Mist Tea did not further improve her spiritual power, but—her Six Spiritual Threads had become thicker and more robust.
Moreover, the range of her Spirit Space seemed to have expanded a bit, only about 10 centimeters or so, but these tiny 10 centimeters gave Ji You immense confidence:
One day, her Spirit Space would become very large... and broad...
Apart from benefiting Ji You herself, the Candy Beans and Cloud Mist Tea also brought benefits to Xiao You: the heart at the location of Xiao You’s heart, which was originally the size of a soybean, had gradually grown to the size of a fingernail.
What does this imply?
It implies that, someday, Xiao You’s heart will grow as big as an adult’s heart.
What about the other organs, besides the heart?
If the heart grows properly, won’t the other organs start to develop as well?
...
All of this is enigmatic and difficult to figure out, but it draws one in with a longing and filled with anticipation...
But!!!
All this is based on the assumption that Ji You’s hypotheses and imagination are correct.
What if there’s a mistake in this guess? After all, Xiao You’s condition is so mysterious, and the Iron Plate that traveled through with Ji You is so enigmatic and uncontrollable; to this day, Ji You still doesn’t understand what the Iron Plate is, what its specific uses are... she can’t even make the Iron Plate appear or disappear at will...
This means everything about the Iron Plate is uncontrollable for Ji You.
This is very bad.
What’s even worse is—Xiao You’s soul is currently residing inside the Iron Plate!
If any problem arises with the Iron Plate, Xiao You would definitely be the first to be impacted...
...
Ji You frowned tightly, somewhat refusing to accept such an awful assumption. She’d rather believe that everything about the Iron Plate is beneficial for her and Xiao You... The reason for its mystery so far, is just because she lacks sufficient strength and has yet to unravel the mysteries it holds...
With a stern face, Ji You focused and tried to carefully sense the Iron Plate, but it remained unresponsive, and she did not know where it was at the moment... Ji You knew it was hidden deep within her own mind, but she couldn’t pinpoint its exact location.
At this moment—
Six robust Spiritual Threads were joyfully bounding around in Ji You’s Spiritual World... Outside of her Spiritual World, it was surrounded by a solid, indestructible barrier. This barrier was transparent, allowing her to see clearly the foggy world outside of it.
Ji You knitted her brows in thought: First, is the space beyond the barrier also part of the Spiritual World? Will it be hers if she breaks through this barrier?
Here, it should be noted that during this time, Ji You’s Spiritual World had expanded by about 15 centimeters. This 15 centimeters used to be outside the barrier, but with Ji You’s continuous training, consumption of Candy Beans and Cloud Mist Tea, which improved her Spiritual Level, increased her Spiritual Threshold, including the growth of her Spiritual Threads... The barrier was not directly broken, but rather, it had quietly receded by 15 centimeters.
That is to say, to expand the Spirit Space, it is not necessary to break through this barrier, but to strengthen spiritual power.
Second, outside the barrier, there is a foggy expanse that seems vast and limitless... Does this mean that as long as spiritual power continues to increase and strengthen, Ji You’s Spiritual World will continue to expand, expand, and expand... until it becomes vast and boundless?
The third point, what are the benefits of expanding the Spirit Space?
Up to now, Ji You still doesn’t know the specific benefits, but she’s sure that there are significant advantages after the expansion.
...
It took Ji You only a few seconds to ponder these potential worries and benefits. Then, she narrowed her eyes, curved her lips, and said with a smile, "Xiao You, let’s keep up the effort and try to grow a body soon."
Xiao You smiled lightly, "Mhm!"
The clear voice of the girl echoed in Ji You’s mind; Ji You’s hesitant heart suddenly firmed: What is there to fear? With Xiao You by her side, even if the path they envisioned is full of thorns, a literal mountain of knives and sea of flames, as long as there is the slightest hope, Ji You is unwilling to give up.
On this side.
In the confined space, the slender girl’s lips slightly rose, her bright eyes filled with boundless hope. Yet Xiao You understood that with hope comes despair. The path she and her sister envisioned is beautiful, but what if it doesn’t lead to hope, but to direct despair?
Xiao You pursed her lips.
After a while.
A strong conviction surged in Xiao You’s heart: [If sister isn’t afraid, why should I be? What I need to do is not to hold sister back!]
In the confined space, the girl looked towards the only source of light in the distance, her smile reappearing.
...
After returning to the dormitory, Ji You took stock of her current assets, starting with the credit points. The soul devices she sold last time brought her nearly 40 million credit points, but after buying Candy Beans from Teacher Mu and various expenses, Ji You now only has 38 million credit points.
With this money, Ji You intended to pay back part of her debt, as carrying a debt of 500 million made it hard for her to sleep and eat... But what excuse could she give for suddenly coming into so much money as a poor student from a garbage planet?
The thing is, if Ji You really brought out the money, she would have to explain to the creditors that she can make soul devices. Although Ji You is very clear in her heart that Teacher Mu, Principal Hong, and Dr. Luo probably wouldn’t harm her even if they knew this secret, and might even try to help her protect it... But! Ji You had just promised Senior Shi Ya that she wouldn’t let anyone else know she can make soul devices until she has the ability to protect herself—
So the debt repayment is postponed, waiting for another excuse.
Besides this reason, Ji You actually had another idea: she wanted to buy some high-level soul device materials to try making middle and high-level soul devices.
At present, she had the technical ability to consistently produce low-level soul artifacts, but none that were mid-level or high-level.
Why?
After thinking it over, Ji You felt the largest likelihood was the limitation of soul device materials. The materials she used to craft soul devices, whether it’s grass seed or Companion Stone, were all worthless things...
Comparing this to the information about mid- and high-level soul devices Ji You saw on the Star Network, whether they formed naturally or were made by soul artifact makers, they all, without exception, were made from extremely precious materials.
But such precious materials are rare, and as soon as they appear, they are snapped up by a few renowned artifact makers in the interstellar space. Moreover, most of these materials wouldn’t even appear on the Star Network and would be directly delivered to the artifact makers.
Ji You, whenever she had free time recently, was always watching the stores of soul device materials, but unfortunately, she hadn’t found any cost-effective materials for sale, otherwise, she would have bought some to try long ago.
...
In any case, Ji You, as a wild Soul Artifact Master on the Star Network with tens of millions of fans, is perceived by outsiders as rolling in wealth—an Artifact Master who regards money as dung and has an extremely noble character. But the reality of her daily life is so bitter.
Bitterness.